Why should you join dLocal?
dLocal enables the biggest companies in the world to collect payments in 40 countries in emerging markets. Global brands rely on us to increase conversion rates and simplify payment expansion effortlessly. As both a payments processor and a merchant of record where we operate, we make it possible for our merchants to make inroads into the world’s fastest-growing, emerging markets.
By joining us you will be a part of an amazing global team that makes it all happen. Being a part of dLocal means working with 1000+ teammates from 30+ different nationalities and developing an international career that impacts millions of people’s daily lives. We are builders, we never run from a challenge, we are customer-centric, and if this sounds like you, we know you will thrive in our team.
As a Java Technical Referent at dLocal, you will be the senior technical reference for how we design, build and evolve our Java-based services and platforms.
Your mission is to enable product and engineering teams to take features from idea to production in a reliable, performant and observable way. You will own the technical direction of our Java stack, define best practices and architectural patterns, and help the team scale its impact as traffic, complexity and business demands grow.
This is a hands-on coding and architecture role: you will regularly design and implement key components yourself, review critical code paths and guide engineers through complex technical decisions, rather than working only at a high level.
A core part of this role is to leverage the modern Java ecosystem — from the JVM and tooling to observability and CI/CD — to automate and standardize how we ship backend and platform services.
You will work side by side with product engineers, platform teams and architects to make our developer experience fast, safe and efficient, and you will deeply influence how every Java service and platform component is designed, implemented, tested, deployed and operated in production.
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Framework Ownership: Set the technical vision for our internal application framework stack, defining conventions, project archetypes, and lifecycle management for libraries and tooling.
Platform Engineering: Design, build, and maintain core platform components mainly in Java, enabling product teams to ship quality code quickly and safely.
Architecture & Standards: Champion best practices, standards, and review and approve RFCs that impact how we deploy code company-wide. For example: Observability, security, and performance best practices.
Cloud & IaC: Provision and manage AWS resources with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform/CDK).
Mentorship & Leadership: Serve as technical referent for a multi-disciplinary platform team; coach engineers, run architecture reviews, and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with Security, and Infrastructure teams to align roadmaps, manage technical debt, and ensure platform capabilities meet business needs.
Continuous Improvement: Track industry trends, evaluate new technologies and pilot innovations that keep our platform ahead of scale and compliance demands.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of professional experience building large-scale backend or platform systems, with deep proficiency in Java. Golang professional experience is a plus.
Good communication skills in English; able to articulate complex ideas to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Proven track record designing and operating cloud-native architectures on AWS (EKS, ECS/Fargate, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, etc.).
Hands-on knowledge of containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Infra-as-Code (Terraform/CDK), and modern CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Argo CD).
Strong knowledge of microservices, event-driven architectures (Kafka, SNS/SQS), and REST API design.
Experience creating reusable SDKs, libraries, or internal developer platforms.
Enable and scale the organization’s capabilities to strategically align Java development practices with AI-driven tooling and workflows, maximizing engineering productivity, code quality, and delivery velocity.
Familiarity with observability stacks, agile methodologies, and software security fundamentals.
What do we offer?
Besides the tailored benefits we have for each country, dLocal will help you thrive and go that extra mile by offering you:
- Flexibility: we have flexible schedules and we are driven by performance.
- Fintech industry: work in a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, with plenty to build and boost your creativity.
- Referral bonus program: our internal talents are the best recruiters - refer someone ideal for a role and get rewarded.
- Social budget: you'll get a monthly budget to chill out with your team (in person or remotely) and deepen your connections!
- dLocal Houses: want to rent a house to spend one week anywhere in the world coworking with your team? We’ve got your back!
Flexibility in how you work: We focus on impact and productivity over fixed hours. This means our teams have flexible schedules and, depending on your role and location, you will combine self‑managed focus time with moments of in‑person connection in our collaboration hubs.
What happens after you apply?
Our Talent Acquisition team is invested in creating the best candidate experience possible, so don’t worry, you will definitely hear from us. We will review your CV and keep you posted by email at every step of the process!
Also, you can check out our webpage, Linkedin and Youtube for more about dLocal!
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
